I'd be interested in hearing the thought process that makes a Flavian specialist find Elagabalus' silver the next thing to study. I rarely can...
It would be most interesting to see it in each step of cleaning.
How are we to know whether Vespasian wanted his younger son to look like the rest of the family or if older Domitian wanted to be Hollywood...
I would be very interested in knowing (but doubt we ever could) whether any die cutters of the last tetrarchal tetradrachms actually did work on...
Is this a cast? The way the legends end abruptly while the flan continues on looks like what you get from a transfer die used to press fakes....
Brockages are interesting because they retain the detail intheir lowest recesses that wear away forst on the 'normal' side. IMHO, grading of...
Further it is the ligate version of XVI indicating the value od a denarius was 16 asses.
Gallienus used just C or Consul and P for TRP. Probus used CONS rather than the old COS so it seems they were open to change. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Did you intend to merge descriptions of the coin shown and the one below? [ATTACH]
It troubles me that the posts to this thread on Constantinus II included some coins of Constantius II (his brother whose name was missing the...
Earlier rulers regularly used COS for Consul but this coin honored Tactitus' third Consulship. Note he wears Consular robes.
I have seen coins with VI and VII following the TSx where x is the officina. I have not seen other numerals in that position but I have not made...
Yes! Why not try to do the best we can instead of copying Rome which was not nearly as important and competent as they liked to think they were?
I have seen these separated according to the angle of the club in the obverse field but I have no idea why someone thought that was significant....
The sample coin I posted above reads TS B VI. The B is second officina so the VI can't be sixth. I'm still in the dark.
Can someone provide a reference in RIC where they explain the VI and VII at the end of TSA on some mintmarks from Thessalonika? [ATTACH]
That is a really good find. Don't sell it cheaply (unless you are selling to me, of course). :)
Yes, I am interested at least in the Galba if you are splitting them up. I have seen the Augustus.
Happy soil washes off leaving beautiful coins and happy finders. Great post!
https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus Looking over the article above, it struck me that...
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